Zvezda 1/72 MI-24P Hind

[Guest]

Ouch! Drilling it out and inserting a piece of metal rod sounds like the best solution to me, too. If you can get away with not gluing it into the helicopter but only to the rotor, this may even turn out to be a blessing in disguise, as it might just prevent handling (or dusting ) damage later on.

[Allen Dewire]

I'm quite sure I can fix it with some drilling and a bit of wire, as a rotor-less helicopter definitely wasn't in my plan, but for now I've just cleaned my airbrush, locked up the shed, and walked away.

Lesson learned: Don't try and rush, there's always tomorrow :smiling3:

Andy, spoken like a true gentleman!!! It's all good and tomorrow will be even better...

Prost
Allen

PS, do you need some 35°C heat sent your way??? I got way too much here at the moment......…...

[Guest]

PS, do you need some 35°C heat sent your way??? I got way too much here at the moment......…...

I'm sure around this time last year we were going through a very rare heatwave. At the minute it's just rain, rain, rain! If you send us a portion of that heat over it might even things up for both of us :smiling5:

[minitnkr]

Looking good Andy, I relearn this lesson about every week. I live for the organizing & construction. The research, planning, collecting potential bits to add and constructing the model is what brings me joy. The decals, painting & weathering are chores expected to complete the model, so I usually rush them to my chagrin. 95F in my back yard today. 71F in the man cave. PaulE

[Guest]

I think I've sorted it

Following Pauls advice and starting small, I eventually worked my way up to a 1mm drill bit. The wire I have is a tight push fit, so should be perfect. There was very little meat left on the little stub though, but luckily a delivery from SMS dropped today which included some 2mm OD 1mm ID styrene tubing.

I should be able to use that to make a sleeve to replace the stub and space the rotors the correct distance from the gearbox. I'll also drill down into the 'box for the wire to run right through. That's for another day though, I need a glass of red to celebrate :smiling5:

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Oh, and today's bonus footage - a little Warhammer tank type thing for my lad (a Plagueburst Crawler I'm told). Black primed for shadows, Russian Green top coat, and a bit of highlighting. He'll be doing the details with a hairy stick and I'll try and get some finished shots in the appropriate forum section.

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[JR]

Sorry for not keeping up Andy. What a build, love the paintwork, you've certainly got this masking thing off , not surprising really considering you job on much bigger models.
We've all been there with the damage part, either dropping , treading on etc, you did the right thing to leave it over night , the result is great.
I shall endeavour to keep up in future.

[Guest]

No problem at all John, happy to see you whenever you can pop in.

To be fair I'm not the greatest at commenting on other people's builds, I just tend to watch, mostly in awe :smiling2:

Having a communication disorder it takes me so long to draft, write, rewrite, edit, proof read, re-edit and completely rewrite my comments that I've often long since forgotten what I was going to say in the first place! :smiling5:

[Guest]

OK, so a similar picture to last night, but with the wire cut to length after drilling into the top of the gearbox. And silver leading edge of blades masked up ready for the main colour. Tips have been brushed red.

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Then the sleeve I've made. 2mm OD tubing slightly tapered to fit into the gearbox, then the other end drilled out to 1.5mm ID to fit over the "stub"

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And fitted on the whirly thing. It'll go further in with the taper and be about half that length, but I don't want to push it in and out fully too many times in case I break something else! With a lick of paint you'll never know :smiling3:

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As far as the photos go, I've found a setting on my camera called "auto bracket" which will take 3 pictures in quick succession, one normal and one each slightly under and over exposed, so I can pick the one that looks best. Helpful when you don't really know what you're doing and want to take a quick snap without messing around too much :smiling5:

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Looks like a great repair.

[Guest]

Thanks Paul. In a weird way I got more satisfaction from fixing my mistake than I did assembling the parts in the first place. I can see why you and others put so much effort into modifying kits or adding extra details, that "built not bought" feeling that's so prevalent in other hobbies I've been involved in. Definitely something I'd like to work my way up to.

[JR]

Andy I do like your correct use of technical terms " whirly thing " a true Rabble description If I ever heard:smiling3:
That repair has worked a treat , you should be happy with that.

[Guest]

that "built not bought" feeling that's so prevalent in other hobbies I've been involved in.

There’s actually a name for this: IKEA effect. In short: if you make something yourself, you get more satisfaction out of it than from the exact same thing bought complete (or made by someone else). In modelling, of course we already build the things ourselves, but by extension, having added something to the model that wasn’t in the kit will give you more satisfaction than just putting together the provided pieces.

Apologies for spoiling the feeling by explaining why you like your modification to the kit

[Guest]

Nope. Nobody in my circles uses that.

The slogan "built not bought" is used regularly however.

[Guest]

It’s just the name used in a study by psychologists who wrote a paper on the principle that your friends also identified and call “built not bought”

[yak face]

Top work andy , the build has been great to watch , and tge hind looks superb now. Excellent repair of the broken rotor head ( whirly bit) . The built not bought feeling can be very addictive , the high you get from doing something to enhance or alter a kit is a great feeling ( if it works !) , so much so that i once had a reputation for never just building out of the box , of course that was when i had a lot more time to spare!! Cheers tony